Courses Detail Information

ME3110J – Strength of Materials


Instructors:

Roberto Dugnani

Credits: 3 credits

Pre-requisites: ME2110J Obtained Credit&&(MATH2160J Obtained Credit||MATH2560J Obtained Credit||MATH2860J Obtained Credit)

Description:

Energy methods; buckling of columns, including approximate methods; bending of beams of asymmetrical cross-section; shear center and torsion of thin-walled sections; membrane stresses in axisymmetric shells; elastic-plastic bending and torsion; axisymmetric bending of circular plates.

Course Topics:

  1. Castigliano’s theorems
  2. Rayleigh-Ritz methods
  3. Beams with unsymmetric cross-sections
  4. Introduction to finite element analysis
  5. Buckling of columns
  6. Elastic-plastic bending